participle
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Dederer is continually trying — not in the adjectival sense, but as the present participle: showing us her thought process, correcting as she goes and experimenting with different forms.
From New York Times • Apr. 23, 2023
Ontos is the Greek participle from the verb “to be” and means “being.”
From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022
He is one of the three writers credited on Too Late for Love, none of whom seem to know how to use the past participle of light correctly.
From BBC • May 12, 2019
“To bald” may not be a common intransitive verb, but that has not prevented “balding” from entering the language as a participle.
From The New Yorker • Apr. 2, 2019
A substantial majority of the AHD Usage Panel accept the so-called fused participle, not just in these complicated sentences but in simple ones like I can understand him not wanting to go.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
Vocabulary lists containing participle
TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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That’s So Meta: Words About Words
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The AP English Exam: Writing, Grammar, and Word Choice
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